The Case for the Clark Kent Movie

Bill is wrong. I'm stating that clearly, right now, with no equivocation. Bill is wrong. I don't want to hear people repeat Bill's argument as though it's true, thinking themselves deep in the deconstruction of comicbooks. More importantly, I don't want movie makers to act with the presumption that Bill's argument represents clarity on Superman.

In Kill Bill: Volume 2, in which we meet the titular Bill that the protagonist wants to kill (I only remember Bill's name because it's in the title), said Bill tells us his theory of Superman. According to Bill, Superman is the real person and Clark Kent is the costume that Superman puts on. This means that Superman is, unintentionally, making a commentary on humanity in relation to himself.

Again, Bill is wrong. That theory isn't there for Bill to be right. That theory is there for Bill to be instructively wrong. Therefore, if you're going to make a movie, remember how very wrong Bill is.
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